Are You Over Training?

So Ian asked another question that was regarding overtraining, and this is another question. Actually, I get kind of not that frequently, but I've got it a couple times. So actually, I'm glad I can address this. Now said I have a quick question regarding overtraining. I know that this is a thing for weightlifting, but is it a thing for basketball, too? Obviously, in season I know that it is, but what about off season? I've been doing your strength programs early in the morning, finishing online school, doing the perimeter score system workouts along with vert shock plyometric program jumping and zoom sessions with a local trainer. Along with this, I try to do your NBA player workout workouts and your live workouts as much as possible. I feel like I'm growing with the schedule, but I just want to make sure I'm not overexerting my body or anything. So it's another good question. And I think again, this comes down to everybody's going to be a little bit different with the amount of training and the amount of stress that their body can take. So you have to be able to address that for yourself. And it all comes down to really understanding your body and listening to what your body's telling you. So if you are getting really, really sore, you're starting to get couple nagging injuries, then at that point you might want to, you know, pull back a little bit, at least temporarily, until you start to feel better. But if you're going through it and you feel good, you know, you feel like you're getting better, you're not hitting any plateaus, then absolutely, I'd say continue what you're doing. You know, you're getting in a lot of work, which is great. And you know, the. But the level you're gonna take is gonna vary from person to person. It's not gonna be one size fits all. So you have to be able to address that for yourself. You know, if you. If you start to feel extremely overwhelmed day by day. And like I said, you know, little nagging injuries, you know, extreme them. At that point, you're going to want to adjust what you're doing and be able to get the most out of. Out of your training. So that's what I would say. I would say going along with that, actually the biggest thing is going to be your training or your nutrition and your recovery. I think if you're going to be training that much, you need to make sure those things are unlocked. So obviously, nutrition, if you're training that much, you got to be eating a lot, ideally, you'll be eating a lot of good food, but just get in a lot of food, okay? So you know your protein is going to be massive. You know, getting enough carbs, stuff that's going to keep you going throughout the day. Make sure you're not skipping on eating, okay? You got to make sure that you're doing that. And you know, if you're putting in that amount of effort, that amount of time, you're going to be burning a lot of calories. And if you're trying to get to gain muscle and get stronger, then you got to make sure you're keeping up with your nutrition and your eating. So that's something that you definitely are going to want to pay attention to. And then also your recovery is going to be massive as well. Specifically sleep. You got to make sure that if your training schedule is like that, you got to be sleeping at least 8, 10 hours every night, honestly, like 7 at minimum, but I would say probably closer to 9 or 10 is what you're going to want to get to. So you got to be able to be disciplined and get to bed when you need to get to bed so that you can get, you know, you can wake up in the morning and get your training done. Get whatever you need to get done throughout the day and you know, have enough time to get it. Because you don't want to skip on sleeping, you know, when you have that, that intensive schedule. Because if you want to be able to hopefully avoid those injuries, you want to be able to avoid the effects of overtraining, you got to be making sure that you're sleeping and you're fueling your body with that nutrition. That's going to be two big things. And that, that in itself can be why players might see differences. Two players who might be similar in age, similar in ability, they might both work out, you know, at the same time doing the same things. But one of them keeps getting hurt. You know, it's feeling overwhelmed, the other kid feels fine. Because maybe the difference is that one kid isn't paying attention to what he's eating. He's not eating enough and he's not sleeping enough. Maybe he's sleeping five or six hours a night. The other kid is eating a lot and he's sleeping, sleeping nine hours every night. That can be the difference right there. So you have to address that for yourself. You know, basketball, and this is what I always love to relate it back to, is that basketball is not just about the on court stuff, right? A lot of people think that it is. It's like, oh, you know, what workout should I be doing? Like, and obviously, look, it all starts with your on court training. If you aren't doing on court training, you're not going to become a great basketball player. That's, that's obviously point number one. But I think even bigger than that is you have to look at what else are you doing. Like, like it's not just going to be about your training, it's going to be about also the off court stuff. So we'll stick with physical. So your, your, your strength training. Okay. Again, right now we, most of us can't get in gyms, but you know, your body weight training, what are you doing to get stronger? That's, that's another big part of becoming a great player. And mentally, so you know, are, do you have the correct mindset? Do you have the basketball iq? All that stuff that also is very, very important when it comes to you becoming great. That's something you have to have unlocked too. It's not just about your skills training. You have to have the basketball iq, part of it, which also you develop through playing. So you can't just be doing skills training. Are you also playing, Are you playing one on one? Are you playing five on five, three on three? Are you actually being able to get into live situations to where you can actually apply those skills that you've been training? Okay. Because there's a difference between executing moves in practice by yourself and then doing it in actual games. Doing an actual game situation where there's a defender right there. Okay. In practice you can make things perfect, right? You could do a move perfectly in a game. It probably won't be perfect every time. Okay. You're gonna, you might step a little bit different every time. Your pace will be a little different every time. Your finishes will be a little bit different. The way you shoot, it might be a little different in terms of, you know, where you're getting your shots from, all that stuff. So that's another important part too is you got to make sure you're playing. And we talked about this a little bit, but right now, even if it's just playing, it's an imaginary defender. If you can't get in the gym with your teammates or anything like that, you're just working on your moves, right. As if you're in a game. Okay. I think that's huge for players right now too. And then obviously getting into your recovery in your nutrition, so making sure that you're stretching, I think that's a big thing too. You know, Actually, I got another question about what is the most, like, what are some essential things that basketball players need to have? And I think one was a. One is a foam roller. Like, you got to have a foam roller. And I have a video on that too, where I talk about how to get rid of knee pain. And foam rolling is just a massive part of that. It's really going to help your muscles feel better. So foam rolling, stretching, huge for recovery right there. Obviously sleeping, the most important part of recovery, and then your nutrition. So making sure you're eating enough, getting enough good food in enough protein and all those things together is going to build you up as an athlete, okay? As a basketball player. So don't, don't feel like you. As long as you're training, then you're doing enough. You got to make sure that you're setting up yourself to be successful. You know, one thing I talk about is that the best players don't like. You know, I want to be careful how I word this. Basketball shouldn't be the only thing in your life, right? But I feel like the best players are the ones who set their lives up around becoming great at basketball, okay? So they're going to make sure that they get enough sleep because that's going to help them become great at basketball. They're going to make sure that they are stretching, making time to stretch because that's going to make them better. They're going to make sure that they're watching basketball, playing a lot of basketball, because that's going to make them allow them to be the most successful. They're going to get their schoolwork done because that's. Now there's going to be nothing in the way of them playing, okay? The best players are the ones who are going to set themselves up to be great. And it is not just about you being willing to go to your skills training. It's about everything else as well. So this is a very important topic, a very important question. And you know, I think going forward, you got to make sure that you address what you're doing and you make sure that that in general is not just about your skills training. You make sure that you have everything else on lock as well, okay? So, you know, kind of just to go back, make sure that you guys, you have again, you pick two skills, two or three skills that you are already pretty good at, and you become great at those things, okay? Become great at those things. So if you're a good shooter already, maybe you're a great shooter already. Become an elite shooter, okay? You might be a great ball handler. So not only you become an elite ball handler, an elite shooter, and maybe you come in an elite defender as well. And that in itself is going to allow you to be successful. You don't have to be, you know, the best finisher at that point. You don't have to be the best passer at that point because you have skills that translate and you can obviously build those things up as you go along, but have some things you can hang your hat on, have some things you can get playing time for right now. Okay, that's, that's a massive part of becoming the player that you want to be. So address that for yourself. And you know, I already mentioned the perimeter score system and like I said, you guys want to get the first workout free. Make sure you guys click the link down below and that'll be there. And you know that, that again, that's going to be something that I think is really going to help a lot of players. And I've already heard a lot of great stuff from guys who have been going through it. And you know, like I talked about, it isn't just about the skills training, it's also about you developing your mentality, your basketball iq, which we have stuff for in there as well. Between the 20 points we gained Blueprint, the mental masterclass, my VIP, NBA swimming secrets, film breakdowns, you know, all those things included with it really help to kind of build the all around great player. 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